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abstracts@sasem.org
The scientific committee of the Saudi Society of Emergency Medicine invites committees, task forces, interest groups and individual members to submit abstracts for SASEM2019.
Authors are invited submit original emergency medicine abstracts. Only reports of original research may be submitted. The data should not have been published in a manuscript or e-publication prior to the first day of the annual meeting. Abstracts for which data is not yet available will not be considered. Upon submission the scientific committee will review the abstract and use a standardized scoring system.
Accepted abstracts will have the opportunity to be published on the International Journal of Emergency Medicine https://intjem.biomedcentral.com
Authors must ensure that their research/abstract was granted an Ethical approval by the appropriate body in their institution.
Abstracts must contain original scientific data collected by the author(s). All abstracts will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee. The Scientific Committee reserves the right to determine whether a submission is accepted as a free paper or a poster and its decision is final.
Presentation:
A Presenting Author whose abstract has been accepted for either oral or poster presentation is required to register and pay the conference registration fee by January 25th 2019, attend the meeting, and deliver a presentation of the abstract.
Abstract Submission Guidelines:
[/mk_title_box][mk_custom_list align=”left”]- Must include title, author, and affiliation.
- The abstract text should have a minimum of 250 words and a maximum of 400 words (6000 Characters) only.
- A maximum of 2 tables can be submitted and each table should only have a maximum of 5 columns and 10 rows. All figures/ tables/ graphs included in the abstract must be submitted in JPG/ BMP / GIF format with a maximum width of 9cm, and resolution up to 150 dpi. Only TWO figures/ tables/ graphs are allowed for each abstract.
- A maximum of 2 figures can be submitted and should be in jpg/ bmp / gif formats with a maximum of 350 pixels and 200 KB
Submission Format:
[/mk_title_box][mk_custom_list]- Title: No more than 15 words/90 characters. The title should summarize the abstract and contain the major key words.
- Do not include abbreviations, acronyms, or initialism.
- Capitalize entire title
Authors And Affiliations:
[/mk_title_box][mk_custom_list]- Enter only primary affiliation for each author.
- Spell out the name of the primary institution for each author.
- Do not use abbreviations such as univ. or KAUH
Abstract Structures:
[/mk_title_box][mk_custom_list]- The abstract structured is required and should be organized into the four sections below
- Background: Outlines the questions addressed by the research. The first sentence should be as interesting as possible. May provide a concise review of what is known, what remains unknown and how your research project fills the knowledge gaps. The final sentence of the background describes the purpose of the study.
- Methods: The following areas must specifically be mentioned: research setting, number of patients enrolled in the study and how they were selected; a description of the intervention; and a listing of the outcome variables and how they were measured. Finally, the statistical methods used to analyze the data are described.
- Results: Begin with a description of the subjects that were included and excluded from the study. For those excluded, provide the reason for their exclusion. Next, list the frequencies of the most important outcome variables. If possible present comparisons of the outcome variables between various subgroups within the study. Numerical results should include standard deviations or 95% confidence limits and level of statistical significance. If the results are not statistically significant, present the power of your study to detect a difference.
- Conclusion: State concisely what can be concluded and its implications. The conclusion must be supported by the data presented in the abstract; never present unsubstantiated personal opinion
Within The Body Of Abstract DO NOT:
[/mk_title_box][mk_custom_list]- Include references in the abstract
- Insert hard returns or code for justification, hyphenation, line height, line centering, margins, spacing, fonts, page centering, page numbering, suppression, or tabs, underlining, boldface type, italics, subscripts, superscripts or to insert headings, spaces between paragraphs, references, or footnotes
- Use bulleted lists; or
- Use abbreviations on first mention. (Spell out the name in full and follow with abbreviations in parenthesis. Abbreviations may be used in subsequent mentions.